# US 2014/0191975 A1 · Electronic device and input method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191975 A1 - Document ID: US20140191975A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/733,904 - Filed: 2013-01-04 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: HTC Corporation - Applicants: Htc Corporation - Inventors: Peter Chou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191975A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/018: {Input/output arrangements for oriental characters} - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device for a segmental writing including a touch screen is provided. The touch screen is configured to: receive a first touch signal of touching a consonant key; display at least one predicted units in response to the first touch signal; receive a second touch signal of touching an expanding key in a temporary display region; display the predicted units in response to the second touch signal; receive a third touch signal of touching one of the predicted units; and display the touched predicted unit in response to the third touch signal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device for a segmental writing, comprising: a touch screen, being configured to: receive a first touch signal of touching a consonant key; display at least one predicted units in response to the first touch signal; receive a second touch signal of touching an expanding key in a temporary display region; display the predicted units in response to the second touch signal; receive a third touch signal of touching one of the predicted units; and display the touched predicted unit in response to the third touch signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen is further configured to receive at least one fourth touch signal of touching at least one vowel notation key, and display at least one word prediction in response to the first touch signal and the at least one fourth touch signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of word keys are arranged in a first page and a second page at least, the touch screen is further configured to: receive a fifth touch signal of touching a word-word switching key; and switch between the first page and the second page in response to the fifth touch signal, wherein the second page at least comprises a plurality of portion-of-word keys and a plurality of number keys. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch screen is further configured to: receive a sixth touch signal of touching one of the plurality of portion-of-word keys; and display a plurality of word predictions in response to the sixth touch signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch screen is further configured to: receive a seventh touch signal of touching one of the plurality of number keys; and display a plurality of word predictions in response to the seventh touch signal, wherein the number keys comprise Burmese number keys. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic device according to claim 3, wherein the touch screen is further configured to: receive an eighth touch signal of touching a number-word switching key; and switch between a word keypad and a number keypad in response to the eighth touch signal, wherein the word keypad comprises the plurality of word keys and the number keypad comprises a plurality of number keys and a plurality of symbol keys. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the number keypad further comprises a number-symbol switching key, the touch screen is further configured to switch between two pages of the number keys and the symbol keys by the touch screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the number keys comprise a plurality of Burmese number keys and a plurality of Arabic number keys. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the symbol keys comprise a plurality of Burmese punctuation-mark-keys and a plurality of symbols keys. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen is further configured to: receive a ninth touch signal of touching a language switching key; and switch among a Burmese inputting keypad, an English inputting keypad and a Chinese inputting keypad in response to the ninth touch signal. ### Claim 11 An input method for a segmental writing of an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a touch screen, the input method comprising: (a) receiving a first touch signal of touching a consonant key by the touch screen; (b) displaying at least one predicted units in response to the first touch signal by the touch screen; (c) receiving a second touch signal of touching an expanding key in a temporary display region by the touch screen; (d) displaying the predicted units in response to the second touch signal by the touch screen; (e) receiving a third touch signal of touching one of the predicted units by the touch screen; and (f) displaying the touched predicted unit in response to the third touch signal by the touch screen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The input method according to claim 11, further comprising a step of receiving at least one fourth touch signal of touching at least one vowel notation key by the touch screen, the step (b) is a step of displaying at least one word prediction in response to the first touch signal and the at least one fourth touch signal by the touch screen. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The input method according to claim 11, wherein a plurality of word keys are arranged in a first page and a second page at least, the input method further comprises: receiving a fifth touch signal of touching a word-word switching key by the touch screen; and switching between the first page and the second page in response to the fifth touch signal by the touch screen, wherein the second page at least comprises a plurality of portion-of-word keys and a plurality of number keys. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The input method according to claim 13, further comprising: receiving a sixth touch signal of touching one of the plurality of portion-of-word keys by the touch screen; and displaying a plurality of word predictions in response to the sixth touch signal by the touch screen. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The input method according to claim 13, further comprising: receiving a seventh touch signal of touching one of the plurality of number keys by the touch screen; and displaying a plurality of word predictions in response to the seventh touch signal by the touch screen, wherein the number keys comprise Burmese number keys. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The input method according to claim 13, further comprising: receiving an eighth touch signal of touching a number-word switching key by the touch screen; and switching between a word keypad and a number keypad in response to the eighth touch signal by the touch screen, wherein the word keypad comprises the plurality of word keys and the number keypad comprises a plurality of number keys and a plurality of symbol keys. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The input method according to claim 16, wherein the number keypad further comprises a number-symbol switching key, the input method further comprises a step of switching between two pages of the number keys and the symbol keys by the touch screen. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The input method according to claim 16, wherein the number keys comprise a plurality of Burmese number keys and a plurality of Arabic number keys. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The input method according to claim 16, wherein the symbol keys comprise a plurality of Burmese punctuation-mark-keys and a plurality of symbols keys. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The input method according to claim 11, further comprising: receiving a ninth touch signal of touching a language switching key by the touch screen; and switching among a Burmese inputting keypad, an English inputting keypad and a Chinese inputting keypad in response to the ninth touch signal by the touch screen.